Pakistan – Hindko Literature: A Testament to Linguistic Diversity and Resilience
For publishing professionals, Hindko represents a microcosm of the opportunities and challenges associated with linguistic diversity.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Apr 19, 2025 | Indigenous Languages, Pakistan, South Asia | 0 |
For publishing professionals, Hindko represents a microcosm of the opportunities and challenges associated with linguistic diversity.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Apr 3, 2025 | India, Self-Publishing, South Asia | 0 |
The platform’s “freemium” model enables authors to earn revenue through subscriptions, competitions, reader support, and adaptations, including audiobooks, web series, and films
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Mar 1, 2025 | Bangladesh, Book Fairs, South Asia | 0 |
Stalls were shut down, books removed, and even female hygiene products were targetted by Islamic extremist elements.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Feb 28, 2025 | Myanmar, South Asia | 0 |
Spare a thought for Myanmar’s readers, authors and publishers as this globally ignored but brutal civil war continues.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Feb 23, 2025 | Book Fairs, Pakistan, South Asia | 0 |
An impressive turnout, as we come to expect at Pakistan’s book fairs, but the books vs technology dichotomy seems sadly still to prevail.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Feb 22, 2025 | AI, Bangladesh, South Asia | 0 |
With 77 million people already online in Bangladesh, the infrastructure is in place. The expertise lies just across the border.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Feb 22, 2025 | Book Fairs, India, South Asia | 0 |
The confirmed figure are in keeping with realistic expectations, although a far cry from the crazy numbers (more than 5 million) the Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was predicting when opening the event.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Feb 18, 2025 | Bangladesh, Book Fairs, South Asia | 0 |
Hopefully this event will be a feature of the publishing calendar going forward.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Feb 16, 2025 | AI, India, South Asia | 0 |
The prevailing opinion is that OpenAI’s objection to Indian jurisdiction, citing that its servers are based in the US, will not hold water.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Feb 15, 2025 | India, South Asia | 0 |
Yeah, if only they hadn’t invented television and movies and football and cricket and music and all those other distractions that have suddenly become such a problem for publishers.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Feb 1, 2025 | Bangladesh, Censorship, South Asia | 0 |
I’m sure the newly-seated IPA President, Gvantsa Jobava, will be addressing this development, that impacts more than 170 million people in this wonderful South Asian country.
Read Moreby Mark Williams | Jan 27, 2025 | Book Fairs, India, South Asia | 0 |
TNPS regulars will know how enchanted I am by India’s vibrant book fairs and festivals, and none more so than Kolkata.
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